So Kevin stood among the elves and snowmen in a Christmas display window in Newcastle city centre for five hours yesterday, bringing shoppers to a standstill.

He said later, "If Jonny Wilkinson thinks arriving at Heathrow Airport was a humbling experience, he should try this."

Lifelong rugby fan Kevin commentates on Wilkinson's team, the Newcastle Falcons, for BBC Radio Newcastle. He said, "I'm very proud of being Welsh and I shot my mouth off after Wales narrowly lost to England in the quarter-final of the World Cup.

"I said if England won the cup I'd stand in the window of Fenwick's - the department store in Newcastle - wearing an England rugby shirt.

"After they won at the weekend my colleagues reminded me about what I'd said. It was tough but I had to do it."

Swansea-born Kevin raised &#xA3;500 for Children in Need through his stunt.